Venezuelan Basketball All-Star Game

LPB All-Star Game
LPB All-Star Game
Status	Inactive
Frequency	Annually
Inaugurated	1974
Most recent	2016
Organized by	LEB ; LPB

Last updated September 09, 2025

The LPB All-Star Game was an annual basketball event in Venezuela, organised by the LPB. It started in 1974 and it was first organised by the Liga Especial de Baloncesto.

Format

The All-Star Game was played between the Criollos (Venezuelan players) and Importados (Foreign players) since 1974 and the creation of the Liga Especial de Baloncesto (LEB). In 2013, the Venezuelans recorded their 13th victory, while the Foreigners had won 21 games until then. A different formet based on geographic location was used only twice throughout the years.

The first over time between the two selection was recorded in 2014, with the Importados finally beating the Criollos (137-134). The 2014 edition was the 37th out of 41 seasons and was played in front of 10.000 spectators. The All-Star Game was not played on three occasions: in 1978 due to the Central American Games, in 1983 due to the Pan American Games and in 1992 due conflicts between the LPB league and the Venezuelan Basketball Federation.

The 2010 edition also featured the Future All-Stars Game for players from the newly founded Liga Especial (LEB), a development league (named after the historic Liga Especial, Venezueal's top division between 1974 and 1992). The players were split into two teams, the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference, with the former winning the game with 114-93.

Events

The All-Star Game has also included a slam-dunk contest a three-point shootout and the Skills Challenge that was introduced later. The latter combined free-throws, dribbling and three-point shots.

List of games

Bold: Team that won the game.

Season	Date	Venue	Team 1	Score	Team 2	MVP	Club
1997						Victor David Diaz	Panteras de Miranda
2000^[1]	June 2000	Gimnacio of the Central University	Venezuela Criollos	119 -125	Imports Team	Alvin Sims	Toros de Aragua
2001^[2]	22 May 2001		Venezuela Nationals	103-101	Imports Team	Tomás Aguilera^[3]
2002			Venezuela Nationals	defeated	Imports Team	Richard Lugo	Panteras de Miranda
2003			Imports Team	defeated	Nationals
2004^[4]		Ginasio Jose Beracas, Caracas	Nationals	144-134	Imported Stars	Victor David Diaz	Panteras de Miranda
2005^[5]			Domestic	129-133	Imports Team	Harold Arceneaux	Marinos B.B.C.
2006^[6]		Maracaibo	Nationals	148 -?	Imported Stars	Victor David Diaz	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2007^[7]^[8]			National Stars	150-143	Imported Stars	Victor David Diaz (4)	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2008^[9]	18 May 2008	Bolivarian Dome, Barquisimeto	National Stars		Imported Stars
2009^[10]		El Limon Colisseum, Maracay	National Stars	110-114	Imported Stars	Carl Elliott	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2010^[11]	22 April 2010	Ginasio Jose Beracas, Caracas	Nationals	136-123	Imported Stars	Francisco Centeno^[12]	Gaiteros del Zulia
2011^[13]	7 May 2011	Forum de Valencia
2012^[14]	16 April 2012	El Limon Colisseum, Maracay	Venezuelans	131-137	Foreigners	Darius Adams	Guaiqueries de Margarita
2013^[15]	1 May 2013	Ginasio Jose Beracas, Caracas	Venezuelans	150-145	Foreigners	Carlos Cedeno^[16] Óscar Torres	Bucaneros de La Guaira Marinos de Anzoategui
2014^[17]	5 April 2014	Domo Bolivariano, Barquisimeto	Venezuelans	134-137(OT:124-124)	Foreigners	Robert Glenn	Trotamundos de Carabobo
2015^[18]	18 April 2015	Forum de Valencia	Venezuelans	115-114	Foreigners	Windi Graterol	Guaros de Lara
2016^[19]	3 April 2016		Venezuelans	136-133	Foreigners

Wins by team (1974-2016)

Team	Wins
National All Stars	16
Foreign All Stars	22

Score sheets (2000-2010)

Source:

All-Star Game 2000:

DATE: June 2000
VENUE: Gimnacio of the Central University, Caracas
SCORE: Venezuela Criollos – Imports Team 119-125

Venezuela Criollos: Richard Lugo 31, J.C.Espinoza 24, D.Dominguez 13, Carl Herrera 11, Roque Osorio 11

Imports Team: Alvin Sims 29, Ruben Nembhard 21, Darren Henrie 20, L.Booth 11, Andre Riddick 11, Ruben Garces 10

All-Star Game 2001:

DATE: 22 May 2001
VENUE:
SCORE: Venezuela National Team – Imports Team 103-101

Venezuela National Team: Victor David Diaz (c) 25, Óscar Torres 20, Tomás Aguilera 17, Alex Quiroz 15, Henry Paez 12, Vallenilla 10, Rafael Guevara 4, Vladimir Heredia 4, Ernesto Mijares 3, Hebert Bayona 2, Ruben Pachano 1, Richard Lugo (DNP)

Imports Team: Ronnie Thompkins (c) 33, Anthony Douglas 14, Ryan Hoover 13, Ruben Nembhard 13, Tariq Kirksay 10, Mike Campbell 8, Kerry Blackshear 7, Askia Jones 2, José Vargas, Tim Moore, Rashel Tucker, Fred Williams, Reggie Freeman

31st All-Star Game 2004:

DATE:
VENUE: Ginasio Jose Beracas of Naciones Unidas National Park, Caracas
SCORE: Nationals – Imported Stars 144-134

Nationals: Victor David Diaz 40, Ernesto Mijares, Tomás Aguilera, Henry Paez 26, Luis Julio 21 (starters) ;

Imported Stars: Aki Thomas, Ruben Nembhard, Jermaine Walker 22, Ronnie Fields, Sam Clancy Jr. (starters) ; Jack Hartman 20

32nd All-Star Game 2009:

DATE:
VENUE: El Limon Colisseum, Maracay
SCORE: Nationals – Imported Stars 110-114

Nationals: Heissler Guillent 18, Amber Marin 18, Richard Lugo 17, José Vargas 16, Eduardo Torres 16, Luis Bethelmy 12, Victor David Diaz 6, Carlos Morris 3, Pablo Machado 2, Jesus Centeno 2, Ruben Pachano 0, Diego Guevara 0, Alejandro Barrios (DNP), Jhon Romero (DNP). Head coach: Nestor Salazar. Assistant: Carl Herrera

Imported Stars: Carl Elliott 23, Kenya Capers 18, Mark Bortz, Michael Gale 17, Hatila Passos 11, Alejandro Flores 10, Ruben Nembhard 8 , Rogers Washington 6, Brian Latham 4, Gustavo Barrera 0, Torraye Braggs 0, Mike Campbell 0, Omar Quintero (DNP). Head coach: Guillermo Narvarte. Assistant: Manolo Cintron

33d All-Star Game 2010:

DATE: 22 April 2010
VENUE: Ginasio Jose Beracas of Naciones Unidas National Park, Caracas
SCORE: Nationals – Imported Stars 136-123

Nationals: Heissler Guillent, Gregory Vargas, Jesus Centeno, Diego Guevara, Hector Romero, Juan Herrera, Luis Bethelmy, Axiers Sucre, Tulio Cobos, Richard Lugo, Roque Osorio. Head coach: Sergio Rouco (Marinos de Anzoategui)

Imported Stars: Ruben Nembhard, Kojo Mensah, Marcus Elliott, Alex Galindo, Ryan Forehan-Kelly, Donta Smith, Clarence Matthews, Kevin Young, Evan Brock, Jack Michael Martinez, Brown Ernest. Head coach: Nestor Salazar (Cocodrilos de Caracas)

Three-Point Shoot Contest

Year	Player	Team
2000	Marcus Wilson
2005	Diego Guevara	Guaros de Lara
2010	David Reichel	Marinos de Anzoategui
2013	Robert Hornsby	Bucaneros de La Guaira
2014	Leonardo Cappare	Toros de Aragua
2016	Leonardo Cappare	Toros de Aragua

Slam-Dunk winners

Year	Player	Team
2000	Alvin Sims	Toros de Aragua
2004	Gregory Vallenilla	Panteras de Miranda
2005	Randy Holcomb	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2010	Evan Brock	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2013	Micah Downs	Bucaneros de La Guaira
2014	Darwin Matos	Guaros de Lara
2015	Darwin Matos	Guaros de Lara
2016	Tony Mitchell	Cocodrilos de Caracas

Skills contest

Year	Player	Team
2004	Dan Cross	Panteras de Miranda
2010	Gregory Vargas	Marinos de Anzoategui

Topscorers

Year	Player	Points	Team
2000	Richard Lugo	31	Panteras de Miranda
2001	Ronnie Thompkins	33	Panteras de Miranda
2002
2004	Victor David Diaz	40	Panteras de Miranda
2005	Victor David Diaz	27	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2007	Rafael Guevara	24	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2009	Carl Elliott	23	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2010	Luis Bethelmy	31	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2012	Darius Adams	29	Guaiqueries de Margarita
2013	Leon Rodgers	35	Marinos B.B.C.
2014	Aaron Harper	27	Marinos de Anzoategui
2015	Marcus Elliott	20	Marinos de Anzoategui
2016	Robert Glenn	28	Trotamundos de Carabobo

Players with most selections (2000-2016)

Victor David Diaz is the only ever player to receive four MVP awards: in 1997, 2004, 2006 and 2007.

Player	All-Star	Editions	Notes
Victor David Diaz	5	2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009	4x MVP
Ruben Nembhard	5	2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010
Richard Lugo ^[20]	5	2000-2002, 2009, 2010	1x MVP (2002)

LEB All-Star Game results